October 22 @ St. Paul's UMC: Worship

Signs of the season

Steve Bainbridge is on the job!

The choir warms up before worship

Myrle serves as hostess today duriong fellowship time

Myrle's AMAZING coffee cake!

Twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost

(Today's worship service link)

 Today’s Meditation Verse: “Praise is due to you, O God, in Zion; and to You shall vows be performed.” —Psalm 65:1

Welcome...Pastor Charles

Prelude...Hyeji Park / “I Love to Tell the Story,” by William G. Fischer

*Call to Worship (Psalm 84:1-4)...Amy Abshire

How lovely is Your dwelling place, O LORD of hosts! My soul longs, indeed it faints for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh sing for joy to the living God. Even the sparrow finds a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, at Your altars, O LORD of hosts, my King and my God. Happy are those who live in Your house, ever singing Your praise.

*Hymn...“Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise” (UMH #103)

Opening Prayer (Book of Worship #460)...Amy Abshire

O God, our Guide and Guardian, You have led us apart from the busy world into the quiet of Your house. Grant us grace to worship You in Spirit and in truth, to the comfort of our souls and the upbuilding of every good purpose and holy desire. Enable us to do more perfectly the work to which You have called us, so that we may not fear the coming of night, and the tasks which You have committed to us, so may we worship You not with our lips at this house, but in word and  deed all the days of our lives; through Jesus Christ our Savior. Amen.

Community prayer requests, concerns, and celebrations

Pastoral Prayer / The Lord’s Prayer...Pastor Charles

Gospel Lesson: Matthew 22:15-22...Amy Abshire

Choral Anthem...“Brethren, We Have Met to Worship,” arranged by Heather Sorenson

Old Testament Lesson: Exodus 33:12-23...Pastor Charles

This is the Word of God for the people of God. Thanks be to God.

Sermon...Pastor Charles / “Whose glory?”

*Hymn...“Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken” (UMH #731)

*Words for the Journey...Pastor Charles

Postlude...Hyeji Park / “All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name,” by Oliver Holden